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D. TRAUM.

LOOM FOR BEADWORK.

APPLICATION men MAYM. m9.

1 ,3 1 3,765 Patented Aug. 19, 1919.'

WITNESSES INVENTOR By W J ATTORNEYS 11m coLulIm PLANOOIIAPII co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID TRAUM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

T0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID TRAUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Loom for Beadwork, of wlrich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a loom for bead work. Very particularly it relates to a weaving loom for supporting in taut condition the plurality of parallel spaced warp threads of woven bead work.

An object of the invention is to provide a loom frame which is fittedwith means for holding considerable lengths of warp threads 50 that very long strips of bead work can be woven without removing the work from. the loom. A feature of the invention resides in means for winding up or disposing of the woven bead work as the work is completed.

With the above and other'objects in view, the :invention has relation to a certain combination and arrangement of parts, 'an example of which is described in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claim, and illustrated in the accol'npanying drawings, wherein: I

Figure 1 shows a plan view of the bead work loom with the warp threads mounted thereon, and Fig. 2 shows a sectional view taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The drawings illustrate a practical embodiment and example of my head work loom, and it will be understood that certain variations in the form of design and structure may be carried out without departing from the disclosure as had within the present specifications and claim.

Referring now more in particular to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base, and upon each end of this base is securely mounted an upstanding plate 2 and 3. The base with its attached upstanding plate com prises the frame of the loom to which is attached the accessory parts.

The base is provided with a longitudinal slot 4 which extends from approximately one end of the base to the other, and within this slot is inserted a warp holding bolt 4 fitted with a tightening thumb nut. The

upstanding plates may be nailed, glued,

screwed or otherwise securely attached to the base member, and be attached thereto approximately at right angles with the base.

Specification of Letters Patent.

LOOM FOR BEADWORK.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application filed May 14, 19,19. Serial No. 296.968.

The upper edges of the upstanding plates are grooved and provided with an insert guide 5. This guide is serrated or notched upon the upper face thereof as designated at (3, and the notches or serrations are specially employed forthe purpose of guiding and spacing. apart the plurality of warp threads to be mounted on the loom. The insert guide is carried upon the upper edge of each upstanding plate as shown in the drawings, and these guides are removable from the plates.

fThe upstanding plate 2 is grooved or channeled out in the outer vertical face thereof and carries a removable bar 8 around which the warp threads are wound. This bar 8 is provided with a bolt and w ing nut 9 placed near each end thereof so as to secure the bar within the channel and to the plate. The shuttle can be quickly removed by loosening the wing nuts 9and drawing the bar from out of the channel. The bar will be madesomewhat smaller in cross-sectional area than the width and depth of the groove so that several turns of the warp thread may be wound around the bar. The plate 2 fitted with a warp guide 10 which is so constructed as to secure in a spaced relation the member 10 to the inner face of the upstanding plate. This warp guide 10 will be employed where it is necessary to dispose of or hold a considerable length of woven bead work, a further description of which will be given.

The other upstanding plate is provided with a slotted opening 11 through which the bead work will be passed. Near each end of the slot 11 is rovided another groove 12 the walls of which are cut vertically and parallel within the outer face of the upstanding plate 3. A clamp slide 13 is provided with a slot 14. This clamp plate is slidably confined within the groove 12. A bolt 15 fitted with a thumb nut 16 is carried within the upstanding plate and inserted through the slot 14. By t1ghtening and loosening this nut 16 the clamping late 13 may be adjusted up and down wit in the groove 12 and over the opening 11 so as to partly or entirely cover the opening 11.

In the use of this head work loom the desired number of major threads or warp threads will be selected and one end thereof will be wound around the bar 8. The bar will be replaced in position and tightly clamped by setting it up on the winged nuts 'sert guide.

9. The warp threads will then be individually placed within the serrations 6 of the insert guide passed across the frame and similarly placed in position within the other in- The warp thread will then be passed over the lower edge of the clamp slide and through the opening 11, and attached to the warp holding bolt 4:. This warp holding bolt will be moved forward so as to draw the warp cords in taut relation.

In case short warp cords are to be em of bead work to be made and will properly dispose of the completed portions of the work as the same is woven. The ends "of the warp thread maybe tied together and looped over the nut of the warp holding bolt. is still too long to be accommodated by this means, theends may be clamped under the slide clamp." V v This form of head work loom will accom' modate short and long lengths of bead work and will fill a longfelt want for a bead work loom accomplishing this purpose, and of simplicity in design therewith. Instarting bead work the bolt l will be Or if the Warp threads and bead work adjusted to a point near the plate 3 and one end of the warp threads will be attached thereto, while the other end of the Warp threads will be wound around the bar 8. After the bead work is woven across the length of warp'thread, the bar 8 will be unwound and the bolt 4!. moved forward toward the plate 2 which will provide the bead weaver withanother stretch of plain warp thread into which he may continue the weaving of bead work. Should the warp thread or woven bead work be too long to be accommodated by this last adjustment, the warp thread will be removed from the bolt 4*, passed upwardly through the guide 10, and again attached to the bolt 4*. The bolt 4* can then be moved along the slot toward the plate 3 and accommodate still another length of bead work. i

Having thus described my invention, what I caim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' A bead work 11mm comprising; a base member'in which a'longitudinal slot is cut, a "warp thread holding adjustable bolt in serted within'the slot, an up-standing plate fixed to eachend of the base member and each up-standing plate provided with a groove, a bar confined within the groove of one Lip-standing plate, and a clamp slide confined within the groove 0fthe otherupstanding plate, a thread guide fitted to each. l p-standing plate, and a warp thread guide fixed to one of the ip-standing plates in 7,

order to increasethe' linear capacity of the bead work loom.

DAVID T R AUM jf Goplea of this patentmay be obtainedtor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,-

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